bot

noun7

1. •
   (informal) A physical robot.

   • I stared at the bot and recognized her for the first time. She was me. — 1998
2. •
   A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
3. •
   A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.

   • Most games offer both single player mode, in which a player competes against computer rivals—bots—and a multiplayer mode, which is a contest among people only. — 2012
4. •
   (slang, disapproving) A supremely unskilled player.

   • "That lobby was bronze negative 10!" Aydan joked on-stream, noting how easy it felt for his squad. "We got blessed with the lobby. It was such a bot lobby." — 2021
5. •
   (Internet, disapproving) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.

   • The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally using it to flag automated accounts, but now employing it to insult people they disagree with[.] — 2024
6. •
   The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

   • Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots. — 1596
7. •
   (UK, slang) The bottom or backside.

verb3

1. •
   To use a bot, or automated program.

   • Players caught botting will be banned from the server.
2. •
   (Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.

   • Can I bot a smoke?
   • Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.
3. •
   (UK, slang) To bugger.

noun3

1. •
   Initialism of Build–operate–transfer.
2. •
   Initialism of beginning of tape.
3. •
   Abbreviation of Bǽh-oe-tu.